Organizers of the bike ride remembering Nathan Krasnopoler, 20, who was killed while riding his bike in Baltimore City will try again on Wednesday.
A ride to remember an Ellicott City cyclist who died from injuries sustained after he was struck by a car while riding his bike has been rescheduled. The second memorial ride for Nathan Krasnopoler, 20, will start at 7 p.m., Wednesday in front of the Broadview Apartments, 116 W. University Parkway, Baltimore, according to a spokeswoman for the event. Initially, the ride was set for Tuesday evening, but was postponed due to inclimate weather. The ride was set to correspond with the second anniversary of the crash that took the Johns Hopkins' student's life. Krasnopoler was first hit by a car while riding in the bike lane of west bound University Parkway near Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus on Feb. 26, 2011. The car was driven by then 83-year-…
The family and friends of Nathan Krasnopoler will hold the ride in honor of the man who was killed after being run over on the Johns Hopkins campus.
Family and friends will mark the two-year anniversary of the incident that killed an Ellicott City native Nathan Krasnopoler with a memorial bike ride. The ride will start at 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, at the scene of the crash that took his life in front of the Broadview Apartments, 116 W. University Parkway, according to a news release. Krasnopoler was a student at Johns Hopkins University. His parents have launched an organization Americans for Older Driver Safety to lobby for laws requiring more rigorous standards for elderly drivers to retain their licenses. Krasnopoler, 20, was hit in February of 2011 when a then 83-year-old woman driving a car ran him over while he was riding his bike in a designated bike lane near Johns Hopkins …
The family of Nathan Krasnopoler is fighting legislation that would lengthen time between drivers license renewals.
A proposed bill that would lengthen the time period between driver license renewals in Maryland is being criticized by the family of a Johns Hopkins student from Ellicott City who died last year as a result of an accident involving an elderly motorist. Senate Bill 111, which has been introduced at the request of the Maryland Department of Transportation, would extend the time between driver license renewals from the current five-year cycle to eight years for drivers older than 21. Susan Cohen is the mother of Nathan Krasnopoler who was involved in accident while riding his bicycle in February on West University Parkway with a vehicle operated by Jeanette Marie Walke, 84. He later died from injuries suffered in accident. Susan Cohen …
